单板滑雪术语介绍

单板滑雪术语介绍
Cant
The angle at which either foot points pigeon-toed or duck-footed. Foot angle affects whether the
snowboarder’s knees bend toward or away from each other.

Carve
To snowboard fast through corners.

Centered Stance
Stance is centered when bindings are mounted on the snowboard with the distance between the tip
and the front binding is the same as that between the tail and the rear binding. This allows for
similar control riding forwards or backwards.
Chatter
Vibration of the snowboard as a result of high speed, tight turns or icy conditions.

Corduroy
A term to describe the tracks left on a trail by a snowcat groomer. Corduroy is usually great for
making clean turns.

Corkscrew
Sideways rotation.

Crail Air
An aerial manoeuvre in which the athlete’s rear hand grabs the toe edge in front of the front foot
while the rear leg is straight.

Crippler Air
An aerial manoeuvre in which the snowboarder performs a 180-degree flip. The athlete
approaches the wall of the halfpipe riding forward and lands riding forward.

Dampening
A shock-absorbent material similar to rubber that is sometimes laminated into snowboards to
reduce vibration (or chatter) and increase handling.

Detune
To slightly dull the edges of the snowboard.

Double Grab
Performing two separate grab tricks in one aerial manoeuvre.

Double- Handed Grab
Grabbing the snowboard with both hands in an aerial manoeuvre.

Duckfoot
A snowboard stance where the athlete’s toes point outward.

Effective Edge
The length of the snowboard’s metal edge that makes contact with the snow.

Eggplant
A one-handed 180-degree invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
and the rotation is backside.

Elgeurial
An invert in which the halfpipe wall is approached fakie, the rear hand is planted, a 360-degree
backside rotation is made, and the rider lands going forward.

Fakie
Riding backwards.

Fall Line
The path that a snowboarder takes as heshe travels down a steep pitch.

Flat bottom
The area in the halfpipe between the two walls.

Flatground
Tricks performed on a flat slope.

Flex
The stiffness (or flexibility) of the snowboard. Different degrees of flex are used for different
styles of ding
Snowboarding for fun, not competition, on any terrain except for a halfpipe.

Freestyle Snowboarding
The type of snowboarding that includes tricks; for example, riding a halfpipe.

Front Foot
The foot closest to the front of the snowboard. For regular-footed riders, the front is the left foot.
For goofy-footed riders, the front is the right foot.

Front Hand
The hand closest to the front of the snowboard.

Frontside
The side of the snowboard the athlete's chest faces toward.

Frontside Air
Any air performed on the frontside wall of the halfpipe.

FrontsideHandplant
A manoeuvre in which the rider places the front hand on the lip of the halfpipe and rotates 180
degrees in the frontside direction.

Frontside Rotation
Rotating counter-clockwise for a regular- footed snowboarder or rotating clockwise for a
goofy-footed snowboarder.

Frontside Wall
The side of the halfpipe that is in front of the snowboarder when heshe rides straight down the
d Lean
The degree to which the highbacks of traditional bindings or the boots of plate bindings keep an
athlete’s ankles and calves bent over hisher toes.
GoofyFooted
Riding a snowboard with the right foot forward.

Grab
To hold the edge of the snowboard with one or both hands during an air or other trick.

Haaken Flip
An inverted aerial in which the snowboarder approaches the wall of the halfpipe riding backwards.
At the lip of the halfpipe, the athlete flips backwards into the pipe and rotates 720 degrees, landing
forward down in the pipe. Named after its originator TerjeHaakonsen.

Halfpipe
A vertical U-shaped snow structure used in freestyle snowboarding to catch air and perform tricks
by travelling back and forth from one side of the halfpipe to the other.

HardBoots
Similar to alpine ski boots, hard boots are rigid and made from plastic. They are typically used for
carving and racing.

Heel DragOverhang
Bindings should as centered as possible between the toe and heel edges. When they are placed too
far toward the heel side, the heels drag in the snow while riding and interfere with turns.

HeelEdge
The edge of the snowboard closest to where the rider’s heels sit.

HeelsideTurn
A turn made on the heelside edge.

HighbackBindings
A type of binding that includes a piece that supports the ankle and calf while edging and making
heelside turns.
Ho Ho
Any two- handed handplant.
HolePattern
The pattern of holes on the top of a snowboard through which the bindings are fastened.
Indy Air
An aerial manoeuvre performed on the backside wall with the rear hand grabbing the board
between the bindings. Indy can also be used to describe the location of the grab.
Insert
A piece of metal laminated within a snowboard to secure the screws that attach the bindings.
Invert
Ahandplant.
Inverted 180
An aerial manoeuvre in which the snowboarder performs a 180-degree flip. The athlete
approaches the wall of the halfpipe riding forward and lands riding forward.
Inverted Aerial
A trick in which the rider is airborne and upside-down.
JapanAir
An aerial manoeuvre in which the athlete’s front hand grabs the toe edge between the feet, the
front knee is tucked, the board is pulled up and the back is arched.

Jib
To ride on a non-snow surface such as rails and logs.

J-Tear
Named after its originator Mike Jacoby, this maneuver involves an invert in which the athlete
rotates roughly 540 degrees in a front-side direction while planting one or both hands on the lip of
the wall.

Leash
A device used to attach the snowboard to the athlete’s front foot stopping it from sliding away
while getting in or out of the bindings.

Late
Incorporating a move into a trick just before the trick's completion.

Layback Handplant
A manoeuvre in which the rider places the rear hand on the lip of the halfpipe and rotates 180
degrees in the frontside direction.

Lien Air
An aerial manoeuvre on the frontside wall where the rider grabs the snowboard’s heel edge with

his front hand and leans over the nose of the board.

Lip
The top edge of the halfpipe wall.